GIFT GIVER

Today's reading: Proverbs 19

"Many beg favors from a prince; everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!" Proverbs 19:6 NLT

The last part of this morning's verse caught my eye--and punched me in the stomach.

'...everyone is a friend of a person who gives gifts...'

We love to have affection, attention and abilities.

We truly enjoy having our prayers answered, our problems solved and our pockets full.

So, I had to ask myself--Am I a friend of God, the kind who follows because of the gifts and the blessings? Or am I the kind of friend who is there through thick and thin, stormy times and desert seasons?

Am I a friend of God because of the blessings He can bestow--or because of the awe and wonder I have for who He is?

If every blessing stopped and no other prayer ever got answered, would I still be a friend of God's?